The selfish gene

Dawkins, Richard 1941- (author.).

Summary: As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. Forty years later, its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published.

Record details

ISBN: 9780198788607
ISBN: 0198788606
Physical Description: print
xxxii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Edition: 40th anniversary edition.
Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright: ℗♭1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"With a new epilogue"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why are people? -- The replicators -- Immortal coils -- The gene machine -- Aggression : stability and the selfish machine -- Genesmanship -- Family planning -- Battle of the generations -- Battle of the sexes -- You scratch my back, I'll ride on yours -- Memes : the new replicators -- Nice guys finish first -- The long reach of the gene.